diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index acc96e0..622e136 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ test: build
 
 check: test
 	$(BUILDDIR)/$(COMMAND) -V
-	[ "`$(BUILDDIR)/$(COMMAND) -no-init -D -b 忍者`" = 'Ninja' ] &&\
-	[ "`$(BUILDDIR)/$(COMMAND) -no-init -D -b 'hello world'`" = 'hello world' ]
 
 install: build
 	@mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin &&\
diff --git a/test/TestUtils.awk b/test/TestUtils.awk
index 08bb2e9..3465327 100644
--- a/test/TestUtils.awk
+++ b/test/TestUtils.awk
@@ -30,24 +30,6 @@ BEGIN {
         assertTrue(newerVersion("2", "1.9.9999"))
     }
 
-    T("curl()", 1)
-    {
-        delete tokens; delete ast
-        tokenize(tokens, curl("https://httpbin.org/get"))
-        parseJson(ast, tokens)
-        assertEqual(unparameterize(ast[0 SUBSEP "url"]),
-                    "https://httpbin.org/get")
-    }
-
-    T("curlPost()", 1)
-    {
-        delete tokens; delete ast
-        tokenize(tokens, curlPost("https://httpbin.org/post", "fizz=buzz"))
-        parseJson(ast, tokens)
-        assertEqual(unparameterize(ast[0 SUBSEP "url"]),
-                    "https://httpbin.org/post")
-    }
-
     T("dump()", 3)
     {
         delete group